This drug war in Mexico has been exported to the United States. What is troubling is that the criminals have greater fire power than law enforcement. The ATF is trying very hard to fight this war. Are we doing enough to help them? Incidentally, I was shown statistics that more than 90 per cent of the tracked seized weapons in Mexico came from the United States (either laundered through the ... read more
More pics of Senators McCain and Lieberman...make sure you tune in tonight at 10pm...for ON THE RECORD:
(by the way...pics taken by Debi Defrank)
... read more
A very common sight along the Potomac River -- military helicopters - usually Marine One carrying the President from Andrews Air Force Base to the White House (or the other way around.) Note that when the President is on the helicopter, there are several helicopters in the air. I assume for both decoy and protection. This has been the practice since I arrived in DC in 1976. This pic was taken ... read more
The above picture of the Washington Monument was taken from the steps of the Jefferson Memorial. I wanted to give you an idea of how close they are - separated by a small basin of water. ... read more
Look closely and you can see that about 1/4 the way up the monument there is a change in stone in the Washington Monument...(scroll back to yesterday's post and comments and you will know why.)
... read more
Another close up of the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC: (scroll back if you want to see the long shot which has FDR and his dog in it)
(I figure that you may not get a chance to ever see the Memorial in person so I am trying to bring it to you!)
... read more
In 1997 the FDR Memorial in DC was completed...I had never been to it until yesterday. I figured I would take a few pics of it so that you, too, could see it.....
... read more
More pics from the FDR Memorial in Washington, DC...this one obviously a close up (scroll back and you will see that I went to the Memorial yesterday for the first time and took some pics for you)
... read more
April 20, 2009 06:55 PM EDT
ATF is fighting a tough fight!
This drug war in Mexico has been exported to the United States. What is troubling is that the criminals have greater fire power than law enforcement. The ATF is trying very hard to fight this war. Are we doing enough to help them? Incidentally, I was shown statistics that more than 90 per cent of the tracked seized weapons in Mexico came from the United States (either laundered through the ... read more
0 Comments